Allen Warner- 298th Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII, WW2

Allen F Warner

Source: MILWAUKEE SENTINEL, Wednesday, August 9, 1967, pg. 8
Allen Warner, Telephone Co. Employe, Dies
Allen Warner, 51, an employe of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. for 21 years, was pronounced dead on arrival at county general hospital Tuesday after a heart attack at his home, 2723 N. 73rd st., Wauwatosa. Warner, who was born in Oshkosh, worked for the Telephone Co. in Appleton and Fond du Lac before coming to Milwaukee in 1955. At the time of this death, he was marketing supervisor for the company here. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. During World War II, he was an army master sergeant and participated in the Normandy invasion. Wounded in action, he was awarded the purple heart. Warner is survived by his wife, Anne, at home, and his mother, Mrs. Marie Warner, Appleton. Services Thursday at the Becker funeral home, 5330 W. Lishon av. and at St. Pius X Catholic church, 2506 Wauwatosa av., Wauwatosa.

Source: Find A Grave
Allen F. Warner
BIRTH 13 Jun 1916
DEATH 8 Aug 1967 (aged 51)
BURIAL Avoca Cemetery, PLOT 1 16, Oakfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
MEMORIAL ID 66917293

Source: The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin, Wednesday, July 29, 1953, Page 3
...accidents occurred at 4-30, 4-SO and 5:35 p.m. Autos driven by Archie W. Mitchell, 57, of Rt 1, Clintonville, and Allen F. Warner, 37, of Appleton, collided at 4-30 p.m. at the inter-Section of Highways 41 and 26 southwest of Oshkosh. There were no reported injuries. Mitchell told Winnebago County police he stopped for the arterial and then started into the inter-section, driving into the path of the Warner auto. Two persons were hospitalized in an accident at 4 50 p m. on Highway 21 about three miles east of Omro. Taken to Mercy Hospital.

Allen Warner - Nov 7 1944 - Appleton, Wisconsin

Photograph from personal files of Richard (Kipke) Sledzinski

Listed in 26 June 1944 official correspondance of individuals awarded the Purple Heart.
AWARD OF PURPLE HEART Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, dated 22 September 1943, the Purple Heart is awarded to the following, of this unit, for wounds received in action against the enemy on 12 June 1944 in France:
S/Sgt Allen F. Warner, 36813158. Entered military service from Wisconsin.

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